Turning Trauma Into Learning in the Classroom [colorado.edu]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 9/5/198:32 AM

By Daniel Strain, University of Colorado Boulder, September 3, 2019

At the start of second grade several years ago, a young boy that we’ll call Carlton to protect his privacy had been through more than most of his school friends.

Before classes began, Carlton was diagnosed with lymphoma. But when he got to school, the boy decided to share his story with his fellow seven-year-olds. He even pointed out where doctors had poked him to draw blood.

And that’s when something surprising happened, said Elizabeth Dutro, an education researcher who had been following Carlton’s class for her work on literacy studies.

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